Toy.



G. HBNBRY.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1908.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

GranH-zely.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.

GRANT HENERY, OF ZANESVILLE, OHIO.

TOY.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GRANT I-IENERY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Zanesville, in the county of Muskingum and State of Ohio,have invented new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to toys, the object in view being to provide atoy catapult designed for shooting marbles, balls and the like andembodying a construction which insures simplicity, economy andreliability of operation while providing an attractive amusement devicefor children.

IVith the above and other objects in View, the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement hereinafter .fullydescribed, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :-F igure 1 is a side elevation of theimproved toy. Fig. is an inside elevation of one of the sections orhalves of the toy. Fig. 8 is a front elevation of the toy. Fig. 4 is arear elevation thereof. Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 5 5 ofFig. 1.

The body or frame of the toy is made up of two similar and approximatelyequal sections 1 and 2 of the same general conguration, the sectionsbeing provided with marginal inturned flanges 3 so that when saidsections are 'secured together by passing screws, rivets or theirequivalent through the sections as shown at 4, an inclosed space isformed in which the operative parts of the mechanism are housed.

The shape of the frame or body pieces is such as to provide a hand-grip5 which may be roughened or chased as shown at 6, a projecting halfbarrel or gutter 7 for holding a ball or marble and directing the samewhen projected from the toy, and an over-hanging arm 8 located above thebarrel and adapted for the support of the marble or ball retainer. Theball retainer consists of a piece of wire bent into inverted U-shape asshown in Figs. 8 and 4 and extending over the top of the arm 8 to whichit is secured by means of a spring 9 the tendency of which is to holdthe retainer downward but allow the same to yield upward. The retaineris provided at the top with an eye or finger piece Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed September 30, 1908.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

Serial No. 455,581.

l() by means of which it may be raised to insert a marble or ball. Thearms 11 of the retainer arel bent inward as shown at 12 to form inwardlyconverging jaws which obtain the necessary grip on the ball or marble toretain the same in the half barrel 7 close up to abutment shoulders 13forming the inner confines of the ball or marble receiving space.

14 designates the projectile throwing spring which extends up and downwithin the hollow handle and has one end thereof permanently securedtherein as shown at 15 while the other end is free to swing and isprovided with a terminal eye 16 to which may be attached a cord orelastic band, a ball being secured to the other end of said cord on.band. One of the sections is provided with a wedge shaped projectionforming a trigger engaging face 17 and an engaging shoulder 18 for thespring 14 when pulled back to a firing position.

19 designates the trigger which may be formed of a piece of wire, oneend thereof being provided with an eye which surrounds a pivot in thelower portion of the handle while the opposite hooked end 21 of thetrigger is adapted to ride over a knob or projection 22 on one of thesections so as to impart a lateral movement thereto and to the spring 14which will push said spring from behind the shoulder 18 allowing saidspring to snap forward and strike against the ball or marble `shown at23 which is thereby projected a distance commensurate with the power ofthe spring 14.

I claim l. A toy of the class described comprising a hollow sectionalframe, a half barrel or gutter projecting therefrom, a projectileretainer embodying inwardly converging spring arms which act to claspthe projectile at opposite sides of its vertical axis and hold the sameagainst the half barrel, a spring for throwing the projectile, means forholding the spring set, and a trigger for releasing the spring.

2. A toy of the class described comprising a hollow sectional frame,means for holding a projectile, a projectile throwing spring, a springholdback shoulder with which the spring is adapted to be engaged Intestimony Awhereof I aTiX signature when set, a pivoted triggerembodying a in presence of two Witnesses.

spring arm, and means With which the trig- GRANT HENERYl ger coperatesto impart a lateral moVement to the spring arm, the latter acting onWitnesses:

the throw spring to dislodge the same in a E. F. ONii-AL,

lateral position from behind said shoulder. MAY RARICK.

